John, I (and no doubt some others) would be interested to hear more about the 36 Div book - I wasn't aware one existed. Can I ask what its title is? The Java handbook looks quite unusual as well. Andrew, he already mentioned it in other thread http://www.ww2talk.com/forum/allied-units-general/15774-366-battery-ra-2.html#post360650 It's "36th Division - The Campaign in North Burma 1944-45" by Geoffry Foster
"Ball of Fire", by Anthony Brett-James, covers the 5th Indian Division, which leaves the 178th out of its scope, but does have an entire chapter devoted to operations in Java against Indonesian nationalists: The AFS Story Look inside the "Library" icon, under the India-Burma header, 3/4 of the way down the page.
